The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

With Vester's help, everything started to fall into place.

A few nights later, Darius Archer had to step out for an evening event-finally, the perfect window to put their plan into action.

To assist them, Vester volunteered to attend the gala with Darius, keeping him out

of the way.

That evening, as soon as Citrine and Sebastian received Vester's signal, they moved without hesitation.

Sebastian had already hacked into the estate's security system earlier that morning, disabling every camera on the premises. Wasting no time, they hurried upstairs.

Sebastian had also cracked the code to the locked door in advance, so getting inside was a breeze.

But once they entered, both of them froze.

Across the room, two armed guards stood on patrol. Citrine recognized their uniforms immediately-they matched those worn by the soldiers from Mirage Cay.

Their eyes met in a split second of silent understanding, and they pressed themselves flat against the wall, reacting instinctively.

Citrine turned her head to whisper to Sebastian, "They're armed. You can still back out now."

Sebastian paused, then broke into a grin. "Do you really think I'm the kind to run when things get tough?"

Citrine didn't answer, her gaze locked coldly on the two guards.

"I'll count down from three. On one, we move."

"Understood." Sebastian didn't hesitate for an instant.

Citrine counted under her breath. As she whispered “one,” both she and Sebastian somersaulted across the floor, closing in on the guards.

raised their guns, but before they could fire, Citrine and Sebastian struck in perfect unison, knocking the weapons out of their hands

each grabbed a gun, pressing the muzzles to the guards' backs,

to the safe," Sebastian ordered, voice cold as

whatever you say!"

bookshelf. One of the guards knelt down and retrieved a remote control from a hidden gap at the

and Sebastian exchanged a glance—a glimmer

study. The safe was tucked beside

here-go work on the safe," Citrine said, taking the gun from Sebastian and pressing it into the

counted, hurried to

brand—he shot a look at the guards. "Where's

behind you," they replied

began hacking into the manufacturer's headquarters, searching for a way to

asked softly, "How's

fingers

minutes ticked by. Only

were

phone buzzed. She glanced at the screen-it was a

got the documents? Darius Archer is

replied with one hand, "Arrange a car

her phone back into her pocket just

"Hurry, Archer's already on his way home. We're almost

all the files from

guards at gunpoint, they

the ground floor, the sound of a

fell.

Sebastian's expression grew tense.

glanced toward the rear exit and said urgently, "We'll use the

they turned and moved quickly